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Today I was talking to a friend who leads a group of performers. Last week they were hired by a production team to help them with a fire performance for a TV show.

As George(G) - the friend said, the firs impression was good, nice people, a guy(P.. guess why..) and his wife, expensive car, so he thought they must be very good at what they do if they can afford this. It was a while later that he was about to see how wrong first impressions can be.

At first this guy starts to boast about how good he is, how many people he knows and how he is a good at doing stunts, falling from 25 m heights and stuff. When G asks him how long he spins with fire the guy says "Since monday."

Then they come to the studio to set up.
G: Who will coordinate our performance?
P: What? Why coordinate? Everyone knows what they have to do!


Then P packs out their equipment. He spins staff which is basically a 2.1 m long branch from a tree. Then he takes out something that 10 years ago was a windowshade and starts wrapping it around the staff as a wick.
G: What's that for..?
P: You know, fire! When it burns nice sparks fly out!
G: But we will be spinning in between people!
P: Dont worry nothing will happen, it's safe!


Those two also brought a friend who does all those oriental stunts like sword swallowing and breathing and walking on glass and stuff (can't remember what's it called...) - Roman (R). G and R start talking.
R: What chemicals do you use for breathing?
G: -tells him-
R: Yea me too, I was also thinking of trying petrol..


Next:
P: Can you teach my two sons to breath fire?
G: How old are they?
P: 10 and 12
G:
P: I think it would look nice during a performance..
G: Do you actually know what could happen?
P: A burn or two maximum.. Don't worry they will take care..
G: WHAT? What if they breath in fire? Cancer? 50% mortality rate when they burn their lungs?
P: What? Breathing is really THAT risky?


And so on and so on.. There was more, I might write if I remember.. The whole performance did not happen coz of the two guys (P&R) incopentency.. G and his friends were just opening doors to the studio in the end. But some bottom line:

The group's name was Aura Mori.. Which George said was very appropriate..It means Breath of Death.. G felt very much like dying the whole afternoon he was with them.

After telling the story another friend remembered that this weekend he was with a theather group who had fired two of their members. Tose two had then taken all of the groups equipment and much money and bought a brand new car. Guess who..

And a quote of the day from George about the petrol spitting Roman :" Hey now there's a professional! It's like Igor can hang himself, Peter can get caved in in a mine and Dragon will have a heart attack coz he doesn't know how to spit petrol!"(All very experienced breathers)

ahh terrible terrible..

Smile.. It confuses people..:)

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um....well....actually i love to breathe fire with petrol, i really like the way my insides blow-up....coooool

i wish i was as cool/clever/skillful/and full of common sense as that buch of

*sarcasm IS the highest form of humour, and ya'll know it!*

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Smile.. It confuses people..:)

Wonders never cease as long as you never cease to wonder.

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